1954 Detroit Tigers season
{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Detroit Tigers
| season = 1954
| misc =
| league = American League
| ballpark = Briggs Stadium
| owners = Walter Briggs, Jr.
| general_managers = Muddy Ruel
| managers = Fred Hutchinson
| television = WJBK
| radio = WKMH
(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout)
|}}
The 1954 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 68–86, 43 games behind the Cleveland Indians.
Regular season
= Season standings =
{{1954 American League standings}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1954 AL Record vs. opponents|team=DET}}
= Notable transactions =
- August 20, 1954: Earl Harrist and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Rainiers for Van Fletcher.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fletcva01.shtml Van Fletcher] at Baseball-Reference
= Roster =
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1954 Detroit Tigers |
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: #bd5d29; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|22|Al Aber}} {{MLBplayer|35|Ralph Branca}} {{MLBplayer|49|Dick Donovan}} {{MLBplayer|31|Ned Garver}} {{MLBplayer|34|Ted Gray}} {{MLBplayer|18|Steve Gromek}} {{MLBplayer|20|Ray Herbert}} {{MLBplayer|44|Billy Hoeft}} {{MLBplayer|30|Frank Lary}} {{MLBplayer|37|Dick Marlowe}} {{MLBplayer|28|Bob Miller}} {{MLBplayer|21,30|Dick Weik}} {{MLBplayer|38|George Zuverink}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|10|Matt Batts}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Frank House}} {{MLBplayer|14,50|Al Lakeman}} {{MLBplayer|19|Walt Streuli}} {{MLBplayer|10|Red Wilson}} Infielders {{MLBplayer| 4|Wayne Belardi}} {{MLBplayer|16|Reno Bertoia}} {{MLBplayer|15,40|Frank Bolling}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Ray Boone}} {{MLBplayer|50|George Bullard}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Walt Dropo}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Fred Hatfield}} {{MLBplayer|4,38|Chuck Kress}} {{MLBplayer|26|Harvey Kuenn}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer|24|Jim Delsing}} {{MLBplayer|14|Hoot Evers}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Al Kaline}} {{MLBplayer|21|Chick King}} {{MLBplayer|21,30|Don Lund}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Bob Nieman}} {{MLBplayer|12|Steve Souchock}} {{MLBplayer|17|Bill Tuttle}} Other batters {{MLBplayer| 7|Johnny Pesky}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer|29|Fred Hutchinson}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|36|Johnny Hopp}} {{MLBplayer|33|Schoolboy Rowe}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Bob Swift}} |
Player stats
| style="background:#fc0; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|
| = Indicates team leader |
| style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|
| = Indicates league leader |
= Batting =
== Starters by position ==
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | {{sortname|Frank|House|Frank House (baseball)}} | 114 | 352 | 88 | .250 | 9 | 38 |
| align="center"
| 1B | Walt Dropo | 107 | 320 | 90 | .281 | 4 | 44 |
| align=center
| 2B | Frank Bolling | 117 | 368 | 87 | .236 | 6 | 38 |
| align=center
| SS | Harvey Kuenn | style="background:#fc0;|155 | style="background:#fc0;|656 | style="background:#DDFFDD;|201 | style="background:#fc0;|.306 | 5 | 48 |
| align=center
| 3B | Ray Boone | 148 | 543 | 160 | .295 | style="background:#fc0;|20 | style="background:#fc0;|85 |
| align=center
| LF | Jim Delsing | 122 | 371 | 92 | .248 | 6 | 38 |
| align=center
| CF | Bill Tuttle | 147 | 530 | 141 | .266 | 7 | 58 |
| align=center
| RF | {{sortname|Al|Kaline}} | 138 | 504 | 139 | .276 | 4 | 43 |
| align="center" |
== Other batters ==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 91 | 251 | 66 | .263 | 8 | 35 |
| align=center | 88 | 250 | 58 | .232 | 11 | 24 |
| align=center | 81 | 218 | 64 | .294 | 2 | 25 |
| align=center | 54 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 2 | 22 |
| align=center | 30 | 60 | 11 | .183 | 0 | 5 |
| align=center
| Don Lund | 35 | 54 | 7 | .130 | 0 | 3 |
| align=center | 25 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 3 | 8 |
| align=center | 54 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 1 | 2 |
| align=center | 24 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 3 |
| align=center | 11 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
| align=center | 12 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 5 |
| align=center | 20 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 1 | 1 |
| align=center | 5 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| align=center | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| align=center | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
= Pitching =
== Starting pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 36 | style="background:#fc0;|252.2 | style="background:#fc0;|18 | style="background:#fc0;| 16 | style="background:#fc0;|2.74 | 102 |
| align=center | 35 | 246.1 | 14 | 11 | 2.81 | 93 |
| align=center | 35 | 203.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.59 | 70 |
| align=center | 34 | 175.0 | 7 | 15 | 4.58 | style="background:#fc0;|114 |
== Other pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Al|Aber}} | 32 | 124.2 | 5 | 11 | 3.97 | 54 |
| align="center"
| Ted Gray | 19 | 72.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.38 | 29 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Ralph|Branca}} | 17 | 45.1 | 3 | 3 | 5.76 | 15 |
| align="center" | 9 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.16 | 9 |
== Relief pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 38 | 5 | 4 | style="background:#fc0;| 2 | 4.18 | 39 |
| align=center | style="background:#fc0;|42 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.87 | 44 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Bob|Miller|Bob Miller (1953–62 pitcher)}} | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 | 27 |
| align="center" | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 5 |
| align=center
| {{sortname|Dick|Donovan}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 2 |
| align="center" |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level13=AAA|team13=Buffalo Bisons|league13=International League|manager13=Billy Hitchcock
|level14=AA |team14=Little Rock Travelers|league14=Southern Association|manager14=Bill Norman, Stubby Overmire and Pat Mullin
|level15=A||team15=Wilkes-Barre Barons|league15=Eastern League|manager15=Dan Carnevale
|level16=B|team16=Durham Bulls|league16=Carolina League|manager16=Charlie Metro
|level17=C|team17=Greenville Tigers|league17=Cotton States League|manager17=Willis Hudlin
|level18=C|team18=Idaho Falls Russets|league18=Pioneer League|manager18=Bob Mavis
|level19=D|team19=Valdosta Tigers|league19=Georgia–Florida League|manager19=Marv Owen and Stan Wasiak
|level20=D|team20=Jamestown Falcons|league20=PONY League|manager20=Danny Litwhiler and Wayne Blackburn}}
Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
References
{{Portal|Baseball}}
- {{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1954.shtml 1954 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference]
{{1954 MLB season by team}}
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